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  1. What you learn from watching Republicans is that far too many of them have complete contempt for anyone who exhibits honesty, decency, integrity, compassion, empathy or altruism.
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  3. The explanation for their contempt is based on their certainty that: 1) people of integrity are losers and suckers, or, 2) people exhibiting integrity and decency are frauds. Because these Republicans do not themselves possess those positive qualities, they cannot conceive of anyone else possessing those qualities, either. So, by definition, the Fred Rogers and Joe Bidens of the world must be faking it. They need to believe that everyone is corrupt (or suckers and frauds, and thereby deserving of Republican abuse) because it gives them license to follow their worst impulses without a twinge of guilt or shame.